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Thomas Trowbridge

Male 1677 - 1725  (47 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas Trowbridge was born on 10 Dec 1677 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (son of Deacon James Trowbridge and Margaret Jackson); died on 1 May 1725 in New London, New London, Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 2 May 1725, New London, New London, Connecticut

    Thomas married Mary Winchester about 1700 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John Winchester and Joanna Stevens) was born before 13 Aug 1676; was christened on 13 Aug 1676 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died before 3 Mar 1709 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. John Trowbridge was born in 1702 in Cambridge Village (later Newton), Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 19 May 1762 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Deacon James Trowbridge was born in 1636 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened between 1637 and 1638 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts (son of Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshall); died on 22 May 1717 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    James married Margaret Jackson on 30 Jan 1674 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Margaret (daughter of John Jackson and Margaret) was born on 20 Jun 1649 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 16 Sep 1727 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret Jackson was born on 20 Jun 1649 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (daughter of John Jackson and Margaret); died on 16 Sep 1727 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 1. Thomas Trowbridge was born on 10 Dec 1677 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 1 May 1725 in New London, New London, Connecticut.
    2. Margaret Trowbridge was born on 29 Sep 1709 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 3 Nov 1794 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Trowbridge was born about Apr 1600 in Taunton, Somerset, Engand (son of John Trowbridge, Mayor of Taunton and Agnes Prowse); died before 7 Feb 1673 in Taunton, Somerset, Engand; was buried on 7 Feb 1673 in St. Mary Magdalen, Taunton, Somerset, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Buried: 7 Feb 1672, St. Mary Magdalen, Taunton, Somerset, England

    Notes:

    One of DDB's six proven "gateway ancestors", one of DGH's four, one of LD's five, one of AW's three, and one of XYZ's two. He emigrated from Exeter to New England in 1636 or 1637 with his wife and children, settling first in Dorchester and then in New Haven. By April 1644, but possibly as early as February 1641, he was back in Exeter. It is not known that he ever returned to New England, but his children remained there and his American descendants are numerous.

    Thomas Trowbridge (~1600-1673) = Elizabeth Marshall (b. 1602)
    William Trowbridge (1633-1690) = Elizabeth Lamberton (1632-1716)
    Elizabeth Trowbridge (1662-1732) = Peter Mallory, Jr. (1653-1720)
    Caleb Mallory ()1681-1716) = Miriam Blakeslee (1688-1776)
    Miriam Mallory (1708-1776) = Jonathan Hitchcock (b. 1701)
    Lois Hitchcock (1741-1800) = Solomon Palmer (1740-1817)
    Tamar Palmer (1771-1850) = Amos Ranney (1777-1850)
    George Washington Ranney (1819->1900) = Fannie B. Coon (~1823-1894)
    Flora Amalia Ranney (1858-1945) = Benjamin Richards (1858-<1890)
    Edna Agnes Richards (~1880-1960) = John Alphonse McCarthy (~1872-1944)
    Eileen Marie McCarthy (1901-1977) = Frank Patrick Herbert, Sr. (1893-1968)
    Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr., author of Dune (1920-1986)

    Thomas married Elizabeth Marshall on 26 Mar 1627 in St. Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England. Elizabeth (daughter of John Marshall, Mayor of Exeter and Alice Beavis) was born before 24 Mar 1602; was christened on 24 Mar 1602 in St. Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England; died in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Marshall was born before 24 Mar 1602; was christened on 24 Mar 1602 in St. Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England (daughter of John Marshall, Mayor of Exeter and Alice Beavis); died in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.

    Notes:

    The date of her death has not been established; only that she had died in New Haven when her husband returned to England.

    Children:
    1. Thomas Trowbridge was born before 11 Dec 1631; was christened on 11 Dec 1631 in St. Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England; died on 22 Aug 1702 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; was buried in City Burial Ground, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.
    2. 2. Deacon James Trowbridge was born in 1636 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened between 1637 and 1638 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 22 May 1717 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

  3. 6.  John Jackson was born before 6 Jan 1603 in Stepney, Middlesex, England; was christened on 6 Jan 1603 in St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Middlesex, England (son of Christopher Jackson and Susan Johnson); died on 30 Jan 1675 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    According to Robert Charles Anderson, he first appears in New England records in Cambridge in 1639.

    John married Margaret about 1639. Margaret was born between 1623 and 1624 in England; died on 25 Aug 1684 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Center Street Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Margaret was born between 1623 and 1624 in England; died on 25 Aug 1684 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Center Street Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 3. Margaret Jackson was born on 20 Jun 1649 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 16 Sep 1727 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    2. Mary Jackson was born about 1652 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died after 1699.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Trowbridge, Mayor of Taunton was born before 25 Mar 1570; was christened on 25 Mar 1570 in St. Mary Magdalen, Taunton, Somerset, England (son of Thomas Trowbridge and Joan Lawrence alias Hutchins); died in Jul 1649 in Taunton, Somerset, Engand.

    Notes:

    Mayor and magistrate of Taunton, Somerset in 1629 and 1637. Warden of St. Mary Magdalen. Constable and portreve of the castle manor.

    John married Agnes Prowse on 31 Jul 1597 in St. Peter's, Tiverton, Devon, England. Agnes (daughter of John Prowse and Elizabeth Colwick) was born before 15 Apr 1576; was christened on 15 Apr 1576 in Tiverton, Devon, England; died before 6 Jun 1622; was buried on 6 Jun 1622 in Taunton, Somerset, Engand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Agnes Prowse was born before 15 Apr 1576; was christened on 15 Apr 1576 in Tiverton, Devon, England (daughter of John Prowse and Elizabeth Colwick); died before 6 Jun 1622; was buried on 6 Jun 1622 in Taunton, Somerset, Engand.

    Notes:

    Also called Annis.

    Children:
    1. 4. Thomas Trowbridge was born about Apr 1600 in Taunton, Somerset, Engand; died before 7 Feb 1673 in Taunton, Somerset, Engand; was buried on 7 Feb 1673 in St. Mary Magdalen, Taunton, Somerset, England.

  3. 10.  John Marshall, Mayor of Exeter (son of Robert Marshall and Joan Owsley); died before 7 Aug 1624; was buried on 7 Aug 1624 in Exeter, Devon, England.

    Notes:

    Bailiff of Exeter in 1609; sheriff in 1609; mayor in 1615; alderman subsequent to that. His will refers to himself as "one of the Aldermen of the City of Exeter."

    John married Alice Beavis on 30 Aug 1595 in Exeter, Devon, England. Alice (daughter of Richard Beavis, Mayor of Exeter and Elizabeth Price) was born before 7 Jun 1572; was christened on 7 Jun 1572 in St. Kerrian's, Exeter, Devon, England; died before 13 Jan 1631; was buried on 13 Jan 1631 in Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Alice Beavis was born before 7 Jun 1572; was christened on 7 Jun 1572 in St. Kerrian's, Exeter, Devon, England (daughter of Richard Beavis, Mayor of Exeter and Elizabeth Price); died before 13 Jan 1631; was buried on 13 Jan 1631 in Exeter, Devon, England.
    Children:
    1. 5. Elizabeth Marshall was born before 24 Mar 1602; was christened on 24 Mar 1602 in St. Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England; died in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.

  5. 12.  Christopher Jackson died before 5 Dec 1633 in London, England; was buried on 5 Dec 1633 in Whitechapel and Stepney, London, England.

    Christopher married Susan Johnson on 20 Oct 1602 in St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Middlesex, England. Susan (daughter of Phillip Johnson and Sarah Berry) was born before 8 Mar 1579 in Stepney, Middlesex, England; was christened on 8 Mar 1579 in St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Susan Johnson was born before 8 Mar 1579 in Stepney, Middlesex, England; was christened on 8 Mar 1579 in St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Middlesex, England (daughter of Phillip Johnson and Sarah Berry).
    Children:
    1. 6. John Jackson was born before 6 Jan 1603 in Stepney, Middlesex, England; was christened on 6 Jan 1603 in St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Middlesex, England; died on 30 Jan 1675 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  Thomas Trowbridge was born in of Taunton, Somerset, England (son of John Trowbridge and Alice); died on 20 Feb 1620 in Taunton, Somerset, Engand.

    Notes:

    Referred to in the 25 Jul 1556 will of his mother's third husband, Peter Daberham, as "Thomas Strowbridge, my son in law, prentice in London."

    "Thomas Trowbridge Sr. was a leading citizen and charitable founder, a mercer, with a Tudor mansion, extant, in the high street, and had served as constable and portreve of the castle manor." [Ancestral Roots, citation details below.]

    Thomas married Joan Lawrence alias Hutchins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 17.  Joan Lawrence alias Hutchins
    Children:
    1. 8. John Trowbridge, Mayor of Taunton was born before 25 Mar 1570; was christened on 25 Mar 1570 in St. Mary Magdalen, Taunton, Somerset, England; died in Jul 1649 in Taunton, Somerset, Engand.

  3. 18.  John Prowse was born about 1547 (son of John Prowse and Alice White); died on 11 Sep 1598 in Tiverton, Devon, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: of Tiverton, Devon, England

    John married Elizabeth Colwick on 1 Jun 1567 in Tiverton, Devon, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Colwick and Richarda) was born in Tiverton, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 19.  Elizabeth Colwick was born in Tiverton, Devon, England (daughter of Robert Colwick and Richarda).
    Children:
    1. 9. Agnes Prowse was born before 15 Apr 1576; was christened on 15 Apr 1576 in Tiverton, Devon, England; died before 6 Jun 1622; was buried on 6 Jun 1622 in Taunton, Somerset, Engand.

  5. 20.  Robert Marshall was born in of Ilminster, Somerset, England (son of William Marshall); died between 7 Aug 1576 and 9 Oct 1576.

    Robert married Joan Owsley. Joan was born in of Chillington, Somerset, England; died after 9 Oct 1576. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 21.  Joan Owsley was born in of Chillington, Somerset, England; died after 9 Oct 1576.
    Children:
    1. 10. John Marshall, Mayor of Exeter died before 7 Aug 1624; was buried on 7 Aug 1624 in Exeter, Devon, England.

  7. 22.  Richard Beavis, Mayor of Exeter died on 26 Aug 1602.

    Notes:

    Sheriff in 1591; governor of the Guild of Merchant Adventurers in 1594, and Mayor of Exeter in 1602. He died in office while mayor.

    One of the executors of the will of his son Nicholas, dated 8 Nov 1612 and proved 2 Jun 1613, was Ignatius Jourdain (1561-1640), mayor of Exeter in 1617, and an ancestor of JTS.

    Richard married Elizabeth Price on 6 Mar 1567 in Exeter, Devon, England. Elizabeth died before 12 Jul 1585; was buried on 12 Jul 1585 in Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 23.  Elizabeth Price died before 12 Jul 1585; was buried on 12 Jul 1585 in Exeter, Devon, England.

    Notes:

    Not Elizabeth Prouz (Prowse, Prous, etc.) as stated by Emory McClintock, based on a mistaken reading of the handwritten marriage record.

    Children:
    1. 11. Alice Beavis was born before 7 Jun 1572; was christened on 7 Jun 1572 in St. Kerrian's, Exeter, Devon, England; died before 13 Jan 1631; was buried on 13 Jan 1631 in Exeter, Devon, England.

  9. 26.  Phillip Johnson

    Phillip married Sarah Berry on 27 Apr 1579 in St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 27.  Sarah Berry
    Children:
    1. 13. Susan Johnson was born before 8 Mar 1579 in Stepney, Middlesex, England; was christened on 8 Mar 1579 in St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Middlesex, England.


Generation: 6

  1. 32.  John Trowbridge was born in of Taunton, Somerset, England (son of Thomas Trowbridge); died after 1545.

    Notes:

    Appears in Taunton records between 1525-45.

    John married Alice. Alice died after Jul 1556. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 33.  Alice died after Jul 1556.
    Children:
    1. 16. Thomas Trowbridge was born in of Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 20 Feb 1620 in Taunton, Somerset, Engand.

  3. 36.  John Prowse was born about 1502 (son of Robert Prowse); died on 3 Sep 1585 in Tiverton, Devon, England; was buried in St. Peter's, Tiverton, Devon, England.

    Notes:

    A clothier. He inherited copyhold land in the manor of Chevythorn, Tiverton from his father; at his death he had five manors in Devon and Cornwall and much other property.

    John married Alice White about 1536. Alice died on 13 Aug 1583 in Tiverton, Devon, England; was buried in St. Peter's, Tiverton, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 37.  Alice White died on 13 Aug 1583 in Tiverton, Devon, England; was buried in St. Peter's, Tiverton, Devon, England.

    Notes:

    Referred to in contemporary records as an heiress, she may have been a daughter of Christopher Whyte, who was taxed on £10 of goods in 1546.

    Children:
    1. 18. John Prowse was born about 1547; died on 11 Sep 1598 in Tiverton, Devon, England.

  5. 38.  Robert Colwick was born in of West Mere, Tiverton, Devon, England; died on 8 Aug 1564; was buried on 8 Aug 1564 in St. Peter's, Tiverton, Devon, England.

    Notes:

    Also called Colwyck, Colleck, Collocke. He was a merchant tailor and a clothier. He made his will, died, and was buried all on the same day.

    Robert married Richarda. Richarda died before 10 May 1571. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 39.  Richarda died before 10 May 1571.
    Children:
    1. 19. Elizabeth Colwick was born in Tiverton, Devon, England.

  7. 40.  William Marshall
    Children:
    1. 20. Robert Marshall was born in of Ilminster, Somerset, England; died between 7 Aug 1576 and 9 Oct 1576.